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Billy Morse will start back on the job as Toccoa City Manager on Tuesday. That is according to an announcement Wednesday from the city of Toccoa. Morse announced Tuesday that he was leaving his post as Franklin County Manager to accept the city of Toccoa’s offer to return as city manager. Toccoa Mayor David...

Stephens County Commissioners will take a closer look at a proposed maintenance services agreement for recording equipment at the county’s E-911 facility. Tuesday, Stephens County E-911 Director Denny Folsom brought county commissioners a proposed contract from Quality Recording Solutions, LLC. Currently, the county has a contract for these maintenance services with Gunby Communications of...

Time is running out to get in on this year’s Toccoa Main Street Scarecrow Contest. According to Main Street Events Coordinator Sharon Crosby, the deadline to apply to be a part of the judged Scarecrow Contest this year is Friday at 5 p.m. Crosby said anyone interested in participating can pick up an application...

The Stephens County Sheriff’s Office is announcing a number of arrests. First, Stephens County Sheriff Randy Shirley said his office made two arrests in connection with a recent burglary at a local convenience store. According to Shirley, 17-year-old Branton Jarrett Jones of Canon and 19-year-old Devin Cole Reed of Toccoa are both charged with...

Toccoa Police have identified and charged a third individual in connection with an alleged incident last month at a Currahee Street establishment. According to Toccoa Police Chief Tim Jarrell, police have charged 24-year-old Damarian Q. Flentall of Toccoa with five counts of Battery in connection with the August 23 incident. Jarrell said in the incident,...

The trial for two Toccoa men charged in an alleged plot to attack the U.S. government remains on hold. A motion for continuance by the government in the case against Samuel J. Crump and Ray H. Adams was granted earlier this month by U.S. District Court Judge Richard Story. The government filed the motion...

The Toccoa Police Department receives recognition for its 1946 Ford Sedan police car in a national law enforcement publication. The vehicle recently took second place in the “Best Vintage Police Vehicle” contest in Law and Order magazine. The nationally distributed magazine hosts a yearly police vehicle graphic design contest. The magazine stated that judges...

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR Radio, Lavonia It’s official. Billy Morse is returning to Toccoa to serve as City Manager. “I have accepted and signed a contract with the City of Toccoa,” Morse said Tuesday after a Franklin County Commission work session. “I have submitted my resignation to Franklin County. Under my contract with Franklin...

The city of Toccoa will switch health insurance providers in 2014 in a move officials say will save the city money and provide some improved health benefits to employees. City commissioners voted unanimously Monday to switch from Alliant Health to the Georgia Municipal Association’s health plan. At a work session prior to Monday’s meeting,...

The city of Toccoa appears to reach an understanding with a local company to lease space on a city water tank. Earlier this month, Gunby Communications of Toccoa asked the city if it could lease space on the city’s Meadowbrook Water Tank in order to build out its wireless Internet network. Gunby Communications General...